Exodus 5:10

וַיֵּצְאוּ נֹגְשֵׂי הָעָם וְשֹׁטְרָיו וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֶל ־ הָעָם לֵאמֹר כֹּה אָמַר פַּרְעֹה אֵינֶנִּי נֹתֵן לָכֶם תֶּֽבֶן ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.

In Context

9תִּכְבַּד הָעֲבֹדָה עַל ־ הָאֲנָשִׁים וְיַעֲשׂוּ ־ בָהּ וְאַל ־ יִשְׁעוּ בְּדִבְרֵי ־ שָֽׁקֶר ׃

11אַתֶּם לְכוּ קְחוּ לָכֶם תֶּבֶן מֵאֲשֶׁר תִּמְצָאוּ כִּי אֵין נִגְרָע מֵעֲבֹדַתְכֶם דָּבָֽר ׃

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Cross References

Exodus 1:11וַיָּשִׂימוּ עָלָיו שָׂרֵי מִסִּים לְמַעַן עַנֹּתוֹ בְּסִבְלֹתָם וַיִּבֶן עָרֵי מִסְכְּנוֹת לְפַרְעֹה אֶת ־ פִּתֹם וְאֶת ־ רַעַמְסֵֽס ׃

Proverbs 29:12מֹשֵׁל מַקְשִׁיב עַל ־ דְּבַר ־ שָׁקֶר כָּֽל ־ מְשָׁרְתָיו רְשָׁעִֽים ׃

Matthew Henry on Exodus 5:4-10

3 And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the Lord our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword. 4 And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens. 5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens. 6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the… Read the whole commentary →

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